Yeah compared to sony Microsoft and nintendo Microsoft do let the user play around with the system but not the same level as steam deck

Not only making desktop available, but LINUX desktop. It's going to be a gamechanger for Linux!

@@muhammadazim4563 No company would compete by making a proprietary product for gaming anymore, it started with Nintendo, Sega and Playstation, then Xbox, and never more, because then it wouldn't succeed by the limitations, and no one would count on a company when their product is running closed-sourced software when they're new in the console market nowadays. Valve made a great move with SteamOS 3.0, making it for everyone and not limiting by just giving a few aspects of it and actually supporting Windows 10. Companies like Nintendo is always gonna go closed-source since they're a long time game-only company and trusted anyway, who'd want to give your software when you could make more money by limiting it and making game exclusives.

@@merthyr1831 well linux is what the original Steam OS was based on so it's not really surprising but it's amazing that they still are giving unlimited access to the full capabilities

Software dev on the go.

This is exactly my use case as well. Lol. First it was modded psp2000. Then psvita, then switch. Also do gaming on my android phone with a PNY controller but I want the power to play something like halo infinite and also have pretty much a mobile computer to do things like SOLIDWORKS or whatever else I may need on the go without lugging around an extra laptop on top of my work one.

Thank you

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Damn. That's impressive.

It would actually decrease the framerate due to having to run the FSR algorithm which would increase rendering time

@@TheTrashman147It would not since I have tested it in a large amount of games one of them being Cyberpunk 2077. The FSR algorithm is faster at upscaling than the GPU is at rendering the g higher resolution directly.

So you're telling me the Deck ran Elden Ring at complete 30fps... Damn okay that's amazing.

@@nikkoa.3639 Yep it didn't use any of the FSR upscaling Performance boosts. At least for Elden Ring. In God of War he used the games FSR implementation tho which if available is always favorable because it keeps the UI at it's native resolution and only renders the world in lower resolutions and upscales them. The System wide FSR you can do with the Steam Deck also upscales UI Elements which is not always desirable but is a fair tradeoff imo for games that don't have integrated FSR but could profit from the performance boost it offers.

I doubt it'll be any hassle on the emulators since the games like cyberpunk and such are much more demanding. Since it's limited to 1280x800 at 60 fps, emulators should be ezpz.

Perfect device for emulators really, most run fine on Linux anyway, and the 7" screen will be kinder to retro graphics than your fancy 4K TV.

Retroarch is a must have here

@@gateopssss they're so easy nintendo is already taking down emulator videos for "copyright" :^)

@@gateopssss Emulators are cpu bound, so not as easy as you think for everything

Deck dock duck

@@obvious_giraffe8386 Tech, tock, tuck.

Can't just buy a cable for it?

@@QuanLovesGaming I like sticking to OEM stuff

Doubt they're going to do a new controller, the first was a bit of a disaster.

Right.

I figured that's why he didn't mention Switch in this video. 😅

The steam deck can run most switch games at 60 or 30 fps

Loooove wind waker lol. Nice to see a fellow enthusiast

@@MsDragonbal776 Fellow portable Wind Waker enthusiasts unite! (E3 Switch re-release??🤞🏻)

Always said this is more of a gaming laptop replacement then a switch! For gaming on the go this type of form factor just makes more sense for me :)

Really that depends. You can definitely find laptops with better CPU's and GPU's for $600. Typically the budget gaming laptops with a 1650 in them. That being said, they arent nearly as portable or pick up and play as the steam deck. I think for the price, compared to its competitors like the Aya neo, its a no brainer

@@wickersticks I wouldn't say a laptop replacement. It's a handheld, a laptop is a laptop. But if we're are talking purely based on price to performance and just value in general I'm taking this.

@@jimmymac2292 Thats the thing you can get the steam deck with the same performance for $400 USD its only the most expensive model that's over $600 and with no performance difference other than load times

@@skillfuldeep4552 Exactly!! I dont care what anyone says, as someone with a limited budget, the Deck is really appealing as an upgrade from my potato laptop

I would love to get a tutorial on custom resolutions. Many games on Steam support 720p as the lowest widescreen setting. Below that you will likely only find 4:3 settings. Maybe 540p if you're lucky. I'd like to see a widescreen 480p setting in all Steam games. That would make FSR shine!

just get a nice SD card, from what I ve seen load times are surprisingly very close between SSD and SD card, like in under 10s fast. Great buy :d

@@ademiravdic I saw the same, thank you for verifying.

Also You can upgrade it to a higher ssd.... there are videos of it now

Q3 512GB BABY!!!

How much did it cost?

just adding if someone is looking for tutorials for emulators, 'the phawx' and 'gaming on linux' have videos of running emulators on steam deck, also other stores like epic or gog.

That feels like illegal

@@MyBoyGohan Emulation is not illegal. Just FYI

@@MyBoyGohan it isnt illegal. If a game you wanna play isnt on the market and cant be bought, emulation is your friend

@@MyBoyGohan This comment feels like simping for multi-billion dollar corporations

IS THIS SARCASM? KEEP YOUR LITTLE CHILDREN OFF OF INTERNET!

@@woldemunster9244 bruh?

I believe the Steam version of Retroarch has cloud save support as well so that could be a good start.

@@MustacheMerlin Went to desktop mode for first time since getting this thing, install was easy enough. Think phawx has video of how to get roms over, and hopefully there is a way to use the sd card rather than the internal harddrive. But it was pretty easy for the install portion.

How does it run Yuzu? That's what a lot of us really want to know.

@@ilikereason I am more of a retro console person (PS2 and lower) and tend to stay away from emulating modern stuff I can easily play on original hardware.

@@billford171 The thing is that the Steam Deck is an emulation dream machine. Not only can get run so many games in your steam library, but it can also run emulation. Not only older emulation, but even more current emulation. When it comes to the order stuff it is already known that it can do that with ease. More modern stuff, like Yuzu, is where performance is more questionable and less known since the Steam Deck only just came out. A lot of people want to know how it runs Yuzu. The reason for this is because Nintendo did everyone dirty and never came out with a newer Switch model with more powerful hardware. So there are a lot of people interested in the Steam Deck wondering if it could act like an unofficial Switch Pro that offers even better performance than the actual switch. I'm not saying that *is* the case. I'm saying that is a question that a lot of people would like to know. I would like to know this as well as I am curious. My Steam Deck reservation time has changed 3 times now. It originally said later end of 1st quarter 2022. It changed to "after 2nd quarter 2022". It has this time frame for many months. Just a couple days ago it changed again to "after 3rd quarter 2022". I reserved the middle model. The one with 256gb of internal storage.

I don't know where he got the idea that this was something special or limited. They advertise it everywhere they can that it comes with a carrying case. Perhaps he misunderstood the 512GB version coming with a slightly different one as being some sort of limited edition or something?

@@elecjack1 from the steam deck website "Fastest storage Premium anti-glare etched glass Exclusive carrying case Exclusive Steam Community profile bundle Exclusive virtual keyboard theme" other two editions say "carrying case"

@@TheLogicalphycopath yes, but nothing indicating it was for a limited time or only going to the first ones to reserve as he mentioned he was unsure of in the video. It is just exclusive to the 512GB version.

Great……I’m 10:31 so it’ll be months most likely. If the frickin site didn’t crash over and over and claim my 11 year old account was too new, I could have ordered at 10:00.

Man, I ordered mine at like 10:13AM, site wouldn't load for me properly. Had to refresh so many times, while juggling office tasks at work! I went 512GB and it says I'm in Q2, but some Reddit thread had a bunch of people posting their order times(there's a Steam page showing the exact second you ordered yours), which quarter they're in and their order number, and I'm less than 100 orders away from a 512GB guy who's in Q1. Means it's pretty likely I'll get my email on the first or second Monday of April. So hyped! Haven't been this hyped for a system since the PS Vita back in 2012.

@@gdot1803 I'm working on installing SteamOS on regular hardware right now ;-)

Fyuudhxrg

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yeh i have a 3090 and im still buying this cause amma go native and stream to this right now i got a young kitten so i cant be at my desk all the time and shes got super energy so ill just be playing the simplist of games..

Windows 11 doesn't work right now

@@brandon_nope and probably never will since it's still unconfirmed if this cpu has a tpm module

@@ransacked it should have tpm since its zen2. but even so, u can still install w11 without tpm

Disabling the TPM check will make windows 11 run just fine. It's running on my Core2 based MacBook after all.

@@wafdsjhnszfgdgjesawetr yeah good luck with actually doing anything with that though. Soon the TPM will be enforced and required especially if the whole windows DRM thing becomes a reality.

I tried with Launchbox, it's not really optimize for Linux yet. It does work but it's a hassle to setup. Emulationstation works perfectly though.

@@moister3727 I have my hopes up that there will be a compatible launchbox version in the near future though.

@@Stigt69 Yeah, me too. The main dev said he has to make everything from scratch to make it work properly. We probably will see an alternative to Launchbox that works with their database someday in the future.

EXACTLYYYYYY

@@moister3727 I'm hopeful for LaunchBox over Windows. Of course, then you get into configuring dual boot which isn't availably YET. Windows drivers were just released hours ago, so we'll see how performance goes, but hopefully it's as smooth as we all hope. If it runs well in Windows, I might just stick with that because I can just copy my build easily and I can continue to use my Google Drive to sync up game saves/states between my devices.

Yes please this

I mean, it’s a Linux desktop environment. Though apparently, under SteamOS, you’ll only have 4 threads available instead of 8, so it won’t perform as well as in DeckUI for games that need many threads. But for just web browsing and basic office needs, you’ll probably be fine.

@@johnbuscher Do you know if you're able to run most apps on Steam OS, especially because it's got a touch screen. There's a couple of apps that don't work on Windows and I would love any excuse to stop using windows

Just quit using windows @barry I did that a few years ago

the copium is strong with this comment lmao

@@Anon1370 you got anything better to do? Of course not.

@@apostolos8734 no i dont i love too tease that im q2 too much what about it?

@@Anon1370 after q3 here. That could be 2027

@@obvious_giraffe8386 its probably gonna be next year if we all make it that long and if there isnt ww3

Unlikely. But it might be made to work with wine/crossover

I’m thinking he avoided Nintendo because of the “emulation on steam deck issues on KZfaq” he mentioned, ie Nintendo is getting those videos taken down

nintendon't like people emulating their game on the deck

There are some comparisons out there, LTT, Phawx, though not complete. If they don't have RDNA 2 & 16 GB DDR5, well they're behind the Steam Deck. If Steam Deck isn't in your region, you want windows, will install larger m.2 storage, 1080p screen, etc, those are where the other handheld pcs differentiate.

@@bipbop3121 Wrong. the 1195/65 has yet to be compared by anyone so far. Nonsense typing on your behalf life "16gb ddr5 and RDNA 2" mean literally nothing.

@@Dan_Lynch my point was, in spite of of those things Steam Deck has as "better" (that you call nonsense), one can get a better laptop for the same money for productivity or gaming purposes. And you're at least adding a budget for a hub & keyboard to this $399.99 for the comparison. Dock, mouse, SD cards, as the budget climbs to try and make it compete with the laptop, the laptop just gets better. 16 GB RAM is far from nonsense, when you need or are just impatient. 4, 8 GB single stick RAM in the under $400 price point. If you don't know what difference that has made over the decades, then you simply need to get more informed, before continuing this discussion. I agreed with the person replying to me with that obvious statement. Apparently, that's not obvious to you, though. DDR5 is a mixed bag. APUs, which is in Steam Deck or an integrated graphics competitor, benefit the most from DDR5 RAM extra speed and channels. Software is still last gen, so in some cases, games run worse on DDR5 than DDR4. That's real data and comparisons that you can easily find yourself. There's already benches and other side by side comparing Steam Deck out there to other hardware, so I don't know why you you'd say it doesn't exist. One of them by ETA Prime no less, where the higher TDP Vega beat the Steam Deck. Since when is the generation of architecture of the graphics part of the APU, nonsense? There are both very quantitative claims that AMD makes about RDNA2 vs last gen Vega in terms of performance and efficiency & people already putting those claims to the test. RDNA2 is in PS5, Xbox & Steam Deck. Now they differ in how many RDNA2 CU (compute units) they have, speeds, TDP, etc. Of course Steam Deck doesn't pack the equivalent of PS5 Rtx 2060 super performance, just because of the RDNA2 architecture. I haven't read, heard anything contesting this gen vs last gen as nonsense, before you. The hardware is already out there and speaking for itself. For someone that finds more utility in the Steam Deck 15W TDP, than a better performance but higher TDP under $400 laptop, that RDNA2 makes a difference. There are definitely some under $400 laptops that look over priced next to the Steam Deck, even with their form factor or battery life advantages. But the people I was replying to, had to insist it was the best pc for all under $400. You really have to have gaming as your primary use or find it more portable, imo to prefer Steam Deck. Even strictly gaming, you can get a laptop with a better dgpu, than Steam Decks APU, in this price range. The Steam Deck's advantage is that additional portability. In my case, someone stealing a Steam Deck would be less of a loss than my phone or laptop. But a switch is even cheaper and more portable (but I already have an extensive gaming library I could leverage on SD). Not that it matters, because I am not buying either, though I'm glad they exist.

And Playnite! Wish it wasn't a Windows exclusive

Launchbox port is on the way

@@filipjovanovic8138 You can run Lutris, which is way more useful IMO

Nintendo has it's exclusives. I'm sure nintendo will make a more affordable console than can be produced on mass. I don't criticize nintendo, I live nintendo games, but also I love my pc(linux), but simply nintendo aims for a more wide market. So, it will be less powerfull, less expensive, but with greater battery life.

@@jordicoma go play your pokemon 234 mario 124124 and zelda 234234 like a kid. I´ll stick to my pc and emulate the games you keep re buying every year.

@@kaanozkuscu5079 Sorry, but the only pokemon that I played it's the first and emulated. I don't like pokemon, and I only bought 2 marios and 2 zeldas on my life, and I have had nintendo consoles for almost 20 years (since gba), and the last zelda bbow it's the worst of all. I probably have been emulating consoles much before you did, about 25 years. But I think when there is a good developer that releases a good game it's worth buy it. I don't understand why so many people continues buying fifa and call of duty every year. The fifa it's the same every year, and cod it's not worth the price, as the campaign it's slim. And I have been a linux user for about 20 years already, and It has improved every year. I would prefer that it has more native games. But I think every developer that has tried.

Seriously if this thing handle 3D modeling and animation than it would be awesome. Just imagine having gaming console and powerful machine on the go woow

I think he won't show nintendo emulation because nintendo is hunting down any videos about emulation on the Deck that shows nintendo games. yeah, bunch of assholes.

@@LucasCunhaRocha really!? I thought it was only switch emulation they were shutting down

@@LucasCunhaRocha facts nintendo take down any their machines emulation 💯

@@azivt5115 for real! While I’ll mainly be using the Steam Deck for gaming on the go, I am looking at it as a potential replacement for my work laptop (I develop games) as it is even more convenient to lug around when I need to work on the go. I’m excited to test all that out!

I was SO tempted to pick up an Ayn Odin Pro but I held off because I had already preordered my Steam Deck. I'm glad I waited though, because the Steam Deck absolutely blows all the other handheld emulator devices away.

That would actually be pretty awesome

So use your joycons. Steam supports nintendo switch controllers.

Gabe Newell reads all his emails. Tell him about your experience and ideas!

If you’re specifically playing PC gaming I would recommend just getting a desktop because the battery life is definitely going to be on the weaker side as you’re playing demanding games

I'd be interested to hear this opinion as well. But based on Gabe admitting hitting this price point was painful, I'm guessing bang for buck is very worth it. Especially how open it is to modifying OS and such. Early tear downs suggest upgrading the internal memory should also be fairly doable.

Seems like it covers modern stuff pretty well (not counting the anticheat games), only thing is you'll have to wait awhile to get one

This does not replace a good gaming PC. If you want a gaming PC, do it properly and spend the money and build one, at least you can easily upgrade later on.

it really depends on you if you want that portable form factor, if you dont mind seating on your chair for too long pc gaming, then just build a pc, yah prices are at skyhigh right now so devices like laptops or this steam deck are considerable. Just note that other pc handheld like aya neo or onex are 3x more expensive than this so that's a big plus to the value you get here. Sadly no thunderbolt for the steam deck so no hope for high end egpu desktop mode kind of thing.

I'm excited for the next version of the steam deck which hopefully has USB 4.0 so that we can use external GPU's.

@@Jokerwolf666 even if it did Nvidia wouldn't work well lmao

@@acwbit2368 To be fair AMD is not very far behind so I'm not sure why it would matter, just get an AMD external GPU. I still run games in 720p/1080P on my desktop

@@Jokerwolf666 oh man that would be dope honestly.

@@Jokerwolf666 I'm saying Nvidia gives 0 fucks about linux with their awful drivers vs AMDs being built in by default

Yes making a video now and I also wish that had another color